1. Data & Dollars: An Analysis of America’s Needs

2. Average hourly wage of renter
Out of Reach 2017
$21.21
Average hourly wage needed to afford a modest two-bedroom apartment at Fair Market Rent (FMR)
$17.14
Average hourly wage needed to afford a modest one-bedroom apartment at FMR.
$16.48
Average hourly wage of renter
$7.25
Federal minimum wage

6. What can non-metropolitan renters afford?

8. OOR Website (www.nlihc.org/oor)
Out of Reach Report Page
Out of Reach State Page

9. New for 2017: Explore Data by Zip Code

11. Affordable and Available Rental Units (in millions)
Note: * Poverty guideline, if higher. Source: NLIHC tabulations of 2015 ACS PUMS data.

12. Cost Burdens Among Renter Households

13. Cost Burdens Among Renter Households, Nonmetropolitan

14. For more information:
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State Housing Profiles:
Congressional District Profiles:
Out of Reach:
The Gap